Episodes
July 21, 2021
Ryan Roxie: Seeing an Alice Cooper Show Is a Generational Right-of-Passage
Ep. 86 Guitarist and podcaster Ryan Roxie (ALICE COOPER, In the Trenches with Ryan Roxie) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about his early career, learning the hard way that drugs and performing don't always mix, his di…
July 18, 2021
Maria Ferrero: You Want to Change What People Think of You? Change What You're Doing
Ep. 85 Publicist Maria Ferrero (Adrenaline PR) is back for PART 2 with Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about her experience and unique perspective on being a woman in the metal music scene, what the industry has been like ov…
July 15, 2021
Maria Ferrero: Buy Me a One-Way Ticket to Hollywood
Ep. 84 Publicist Maria Ferrero (Adrenaline PR) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about how she began her long and storied career in the metal music community. From signing TESTAMENT to Megaforce Records at age 19, to mak…
July 12, 2021
Mark Tremonti: It Pissed Me Off When They Said 'You're a Guitar Player'... I'm a Songwriter
Ep. 83 Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge / Creed / Tremonti) is back for PART 2 with Benny, Siobhán and Cory and talks about his upcoming solo record, gives us some great tips and tricks on finding inspiration while songwriting, f…
July 8, 2021
Mark Tremonti: I Was Told NOT to Learn Music Theory
Ep. 83 Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge / Creed / Tremonti) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory and talks about getting his first guitar for $10, how he initially avoided learning music theory, experimenting with different tunings whil…
July 5, 2021
Richard Shaw: The Moment That Changed the Way I Practice
Ep. 81 Richard Shaw (Cradle of Filth) is back again for PART 2 of another round with Benny, Siobhán and Cory. This episode we talk about Richard’s contribution to the latest Lost Symphony single (Take Another Piece), how you…
July 1, 2021
Richard Shaw: There's No Such Thing as Original Music
Ep. 80 Richard Shaw (Cradle of Filth) is back again for another round with Benny, Siobhán and Cory. This time we catch-up with what Richard has been up to the past year or so, including welcoming a new member to his family. …
June 28, 2021
Brock Richards: I Said "F*ck This" and I Wrote What I Wanted to Write
Ep. 79 Brock Richards (Starset / Live My Last) is back for PART 2 with Benny, Siobhán and Cory and this time we dive into some studio gear talk, why you shouldn't cheap out when it comes to musical instruments (especially fo…
June 24, 2021
Brock Richards: The Path to Starset
Ep. 78 Brock Richards (Starset / Live My Last) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory and takes us through his music career from getting his first guitar to touring the world with Starset. We hear his thoughts on writing music, the i…
June 21, 2021
It's a Miracle These Records Were ACTUALLY Released
Ep. 77 Catch up with Benny, Siobhán and Cory as they discuss what's been going on in the world of their band, Lost Symphony, including a look at the production process, what it's been like to work legendary artists (like MAR…
June 17, 2021
Matthew LaPierre: Getting Punched in the Face On-Stage
Ep. 76 Guitarist Matthew LaPierre (Three Years Gone, Lost Symphony) is back for PART 2 with Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about his new band (Three Years Gone), the perils of performing for drunk people at bars, his backgr…
June 14, 2021
Matthew LaPierre: That Time I Almost Strangled Benny
Ep. 75 Guitarist Matthew LaPierre (Three Years Gone, Lost Symphony) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about his experience with music from a young age, his thoughts on music school, touring with a gospel music group, bui…
June 10, 2021
Elizabeth Zharoff: No Part of My Brain Said "Maybe I SHOULDN'T Do This"
Ep. 74 Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice) is back for PART 2 with Benny, Siobhán and Cory for a deeper dive into what it REALLY takes to build and maintain a successful online community. From the challenges one might …
June 7, 2021
Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice): The Bob Ross of Metal Music
Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory to discuss her musical upbringing, formal training and how her professional career as an opera singer and vocal coach has led her to create and build a …
June 3, 2021
Jason Lekberg: Believing in Yourself to a FRIGHTENING Degree
Marketing guru Jason Lekberg (Lekberg Enterprises, Nefariant) is back for part 2 of his 2nd round of shows with Benny, Siobhán and Cory and this time talk about his newest band, Nefariant. We touch on the formation of the ba…
May 31, 2021
Jason Lekberg: Heavy Metal Dinosaurs
Ep. 71 Marketing guru Jason Lekberg (Lekberg Enterprises, Nefariant) is back for part 1 of his 2nd round of shows with Benny, Siobhán and Cory to discuss the current state of the music industry, how some bands have capitaliz…
May 27, 2021
Burton Roberts: We Were Ahead of Our Time and People Thought We Were Crazy
Ep. 70 Television producer, entrepreneur and former Survivor contestant Burton Roberts joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory to talk about his serendipitous entry into the world of television and how it led to pioneering an entire n…
May 24, 2021
Steve Wood: Dinner with George Harrison
Ep. 69 Steve Wood (Shelter Music Group) is back for PART 2 with Benny, Siobhán and Cory to share even more epic stories from is illustrious career tour managing some of the biggest rock acts of all time. We hear the 1st hand…
May 20, 2021
Steve Wood: I Liked the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll... Just Not the Working Part
Ep. 68 Steve Wood (Shelter Music Group) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory and talks about his early years and how stumbled into a career in the music industry. - WATCH + LISTEN + SUBSCRIBE: https://lnk.to/yougot2020d FOLLOW 2020…
May 17, 2021
Jon Donais: I'm Sitting on 7 or 8 Years of Riffs
Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall, Living Wreckage) is back for another hour with Benny, Siobhán and Cory and talks about working with Lost Symphony (including sharing shred duties on a song with his former guitar teacher, J…
May 13, 2021
Jon Donais: Touring with Legends and Legends Never Die
Ep. 66 Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall, Living Wreckage) joins Benny, Siobhán and Cory and talks about how he’s been spending the past concertless year (including starting his new band), what it was like touring with legen…
May 10, 2021
David Abbruzzese w/ Shannon Larkin: Who Needs Drugs When You Have Friends Like These?
Ep. 65 Welcome to PART 2 of a very special episode of 2020'd with David Abbruzzese (Ex-Pearl Jam) and featuring Shannon Larkin (Godsmack, The Apocalypse Blues Revival) as our first official "Guest Host". This episode is a TR…
May 6, 2021
David Abbruzzese w/ GUEST HOST Shannon Larkin: Mushroom Tea and Memories
Ep. 64 David Abbruzzese (Ex-Pearl Jam) is back once again for PART 1 of a very special episode that also features Shannon Larkin (Godsmack, The Apocalypse Blues Revival) as our first official "Guest Host". Alongside Benny, S…
May 3, 2021
Alex Skolnick: People Thought I Was Crazy
Ep. 63 Alex Skolnick (Testament / Alex Skolnick Trio / Trans-Siberian Orchestra) is back for round two with Benny, Siobhán and Cory. This episode we dive into how a desire to improvise factored into Alex's transition into th…